Funding Details
- Awarder
- RSS - spacenews.com
- Date Award
- January 22, 2025
- Vertical
- Military Space Acquisition
- Funding URL
- View Funding Page
Company Info
- Founding Year
- 2019
- Traction
- The agency has deployed 27 satellites and plans to launch more than 160 within the next 18 months.
- Organizations Involved
- U.S. Space Force, Congress, Defense Industry
- Founders
- Derek Tournear
- Company Description
- The Space Development Agency (SDA) is focused on developing a constellation of smaller, commercially derived spacecraft to support military operations and missile defense, moving away from traditional large and expensive satellites. The agency aims to create a Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, which is designed to enhance military capabilities through rapid deployment of satellites.
- Market
- Defense
- Location
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US
- Coinvestors
- None
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